"Submit your site to search engines!"
"Bid at pay-per-click search engines!"
"Publish a newsletter!"
These are the common website promotion cries. Indeed, my own
website promotion site states just that. There are other ways to
promote your site, however, that may well suit you and your
website better!
For instance, visiting newsgroups and joining discussion lists;
setting up joint ventures; affiliate marketing; or using online
auctions - all of these provide sensible, doable means to promote
your site.
Many well-visited sites are promoted each and every day, and
promoting little and often is really the key in the long run.
Website promotion is never over. I know it's dull to say, but it's
true!
> USE THIS RESOURCE
I recently developed a FREE 7-day email course. It covers the
basics of website promotion (as you'd expect), but it also
provides new ideas, AND suggests a daily promotion schedule. The
email course covers topics like:
Post a newsgroup discussion
Swap links with other sites
Write a testimonial
Be an expert, have an opinion
Start a joint venture
As I said, some familiar ground is covered, but there are loads of
other website promotion ideas too. I recommend that you click the
link and get day 1 of the course (but then I would, wouldn't I?)
mailto:promotesiteeveryday@getresponse.com
> VISIT THESE WEBSITES
Or, if you're fed up with email courses and just want to visit
some websites, you could try these out:
HitsNClicks - UK subscription based online marketing resource.
http://www.hitsnclicks.com
Start Blaze - Drive traffic to your site using your Home page
http://www.startblaze.com
Internet News Bureau - Distribute your news release for free
http://www.prweb.com
Affiliate Programs Guide - Use them to build traffic
http://www.shoptour.co.uk/webmaster-profit/
Make Your Net Auctions Sell! - Drive traffic to your website!
http://mynas.sitesell.com/shopping101.html
The Free Site - Promote that Freebie resource here!
http://www.thefreesite.com
> READ MORE
There is always more to read about website promotion. And Web
Developers Journal has an excellent guide that steers you away
from confusion and information overload:
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com
Unfortunately, website promotion is never over!
So it is important that you concentrate on those website promotion
methods that work best for you, and 'just do it' (to coin a random
phrase). Don't stop promoting, do keep a record of your efforts,
and never forget the basics. (And try and enjoy yourself, eh?)
About the Author
Steve Nash created a basic website promotion guide called How I
Promote My Website - http://www.HowIPromoteMyWebsite.com The
reason? To help him promote his website - http://ShopTour.co.uk
AND to help others promote their own sites. He is also editor of
the popular twice-monthly newsletter Promote! Promote! Promote!
Why not sign up? mailto:pppromote@getresponse.com